HAPPENINGS

"Everything that happens, happens for a reason."

Ever hear that saying? That's a good, solid, empowering belief because it puts a person back in control of the event. Stuff happens, you then get busy searching for its reason. Yes, a good, solid, empowering belief -- I just don't happen to believe it.

Sure, things happen, that's what things do. But I don't believe they happen for a reason. I don't believe life's events have hidden in them any inherent reason for their existence.

What happens, happens. You give it a reason.

That's where your power comes from. You decide how to make the most of whatever has gone on in your life not by saying "poor, poor pitiful me" or looking outward for a reason from some celestial teacher, but by giving events a reason that you can use to move forward. "What can I learn from this?" is the most empowering question to ask of life's events. Maybe you're not supposed to learn any lesson -- but you can learn one if you choose.


Lesson: Events don't happen to teach you something; they just happen. Learning is yours to seek out.